Wichita eagle., 1887-06-21

the,councif and as president of the council at |
All times, in all his actions as q councilman
looked forward to the ultimate success and |
Of the city Of Wichita; and,
i Whereas, He died at his home on June 18tr,
1857; and,
~Whereas, It is fitting that the city council
and city officials pay some tribute to the |
me mory of the deceased and in some manner
mrpe.aatS and homer the memory Of one
who, as b city councilman, did much for the
-hepor success. advancement and prosperity
Of WicEite; be it
Resolved, That the city officials and city
council attend the funeral of Mr.. Zimmerly
IN g. body.srsg
!. BE itlfurther resolved, That committee
.pf three be appointed to pass resolutions In
of his death
. Be it Mrther resolved, That copy Of the
'resoiutions.he given to the family OF the de-
ceased ,1asff that it be spread upon the min
utes Of the city council and be published In
the Wichita City Beacon and EAGLE. and
also THAT invitations be extended to the
Hon. VIM. GereiTenstein, ex mayofBof Wich-
ita, B: W. .Aldrich, e1-mayor, and Hon.
John B.iCarey ex-alderman, to attend the
funeral Of Mr.. N. Zimmeriy with this body.
Also all city officers.
The following gentlemen were appointed
20 draft resolutions on the death OF NJ Zim-
merly:, Harris, Derby and Kenyon.
Mr.. lillian Kip, civil engineer. submitted
a comM1nication Offering to give figures on
q system of sewerage for $1.250. The COM
munication was received and placed on file.
= Mr. Brown responded to the call for report
of sewerage committee. He said he was
satisfied that the people of the city were
desirous Of sewerage system and he had
Igxahinad the proposition of Rosewater q
f,Criste apd recommended that it be accepted.
Mr. Healey said that before accepting the
offer he weelld like to know exactly what 1t
was proposed to do. He read q letter from
n. C.: yProach, Of Lincoln, Nebraska, sent
him Recommending Rosewater & Criste
very highly as civil engineers He thought
tit.paid 10 give the work to some one who
knows What he is doing.
iMr..Drby said he was in correspondence
with engineers at New Orleans, Chicago and
| St. Louisiana expected to hear from them
sooa; giving proposition. He thought the
time fpr completion by Rosewater & Criste
was too late. The city ought to have it be
tfore that time.
J. The city engineer stated that the city must
first ndopt a sewer system. Let the city be
4 divided into districts regulated by the
drainage. The parties benefited have to
Epay fer The sewer. In order to collect from
any man, you mnst know that his property
Lis benefited by the sewer. The detailed es.
d4estimats Of engineer must besworn to.
7 NrHealy takes issue with the city en-
tt-gineer:on some of his opinions of the law.
| ME.Rpsewater stated that plan of q
system of sewerage don't mean we will con
| fine ourselves to any single system. The
4system.Win be adjusted to the circumstances
| We nifan1to give you the most desirable
fsystsm aud let you choose. and l think the
+ city attorney is correct and ali property
taxed according obenefits. Sometimes tax
I-by perfron.age and sometimes by the square
! foot. You here, judge, tax according to
| benefits: In reference to the time it takes to
Edo this work, would say this is very
| particular work. Here it is particular
respectfully where every inch must be taken
| care tof:: When men propose to work for
nothing, there is either something behind
I it from which they will make money or hi.
work is Of no worth. 1t amt possible to give
an idea OF the system until I know the
/ grades. 2,
Mr.. Buckridge imoved that the report Of
! thb sewerage committee be adopted, will
Mr.: Healy as second. 1
BuckridgeI Don't think $4,000 is to<
much:
| Derby--l want to hasten and am very de
sironsto get a sewerage system
Kepyon-I know but little about this mat
ter. Think Mr. Rosenwater is thorough.
cdrfpetent, and if he, knowing the question
/ saws ID will take that time believe it viii, a
he knows.
j The motion adopting the report Of tn
I sewer committee was carried unanimously.